Ambuye wa mtendere akufuna kutipatsa mtendere
"Tsopano Ambuye wa mtendere iyemwini akupatseni mtendere wake nthawi zonse ndi mu mkhalidwe uliwonse. Yehova akhale nanu nonse." 2 Atesalonika 3:16 (NLT).
Ganizirani kuti mungakhale ndi mtendere wakumwamba umenewu mumtima mwanu, nthaŵi zonse, m'mikhalidwe yonse ndi m'mikhalidwe yonse! Umenewu ndi moyo watsopano, wachibadwa umene Ambuye wa mtendere akufuna kutipatsa. Tikakhala ndi moyo umenewu, zina zonse zidzakhala zachilendo komanso zosakhala zachilengedwe. Ufumu wa Mulungu ndi za chilungamo, mtendere, ndi chimwemwe mwa Mzimu Woyera (Aroma 14:17). N'zosatheka kuti china chilichonse chikhale mbali ya ufumu wodalitsika umenewu.
"Odala ali odzetsa mtendere, pakuti adzatchedwa ana a Mulungu." —Mateyu 5:9 (NIV). Amene sali opanga mtendere adzatchedwa chinthu china. Iwo ali ndi mbuye amene alibe mtendere wowapatsa, kokha zosiyana. Dziko lonse lapansi ladzaza ndi chisokonezo, zipolowe ndi nkhawa. "'Palibe mtendere kwa anthu oipa,' watero Yehova." Yesaya 48:22 (NCV).
Ambuye wa mtendere, Yesu Kristu, nthaŵi zonse anali ndi mtendere. Anali ndi mphamvu ndi ulamuliro pa mikhalidwe yonse. Iye anali atagona kumbuyo kwa bwato, akugona, pamene ophunzirawo anali odzala ndi chipwirikiti ndi mantha chifukwa cha mkuntho. Yesu anawauza kuti: "N'chifukwa chiyani mukuchita mantha chonchi? Kodi simunalibe chikhulupiriro?" Marko 4:37-41 (ESV).
Yesu anatcha kukhala ndi mantha kusakhulupirira . Ngati tili ndi chidaliro chofanana ndi cha mwana mwa Khristu, podziwa kuti Iye amatidziwa, amatiwona, amatikonda, ndi kukonza zonse kuti kugwirira ntchito pamodzi zabwino zathu, ndiye kuti mtendere wa Mulungu, womwe uli waukulu kwambiri kuposa zomwe tingamvetse, udzadzaza mitima yathu ndi malingaliro (Afilipi 4:7).
"Koma ndidzadalitsa munthu amene amandikhulupirira. Iye ali ngati mtengo wokula pafupi ndi mtsinje ndi kutumiza mizu ku madzi. Sichiwopa pamene nyengo yotentha ifika, chifukwa masamba ake amakhala obiriwira; ilibe nkhawa pamene palibe mvula; ikupitirizabe kubala zipatso." Yeremiya 17:7-8 (GNT). Inde, umu ndi mmene zilili ndi onse amene amakhulupirira Ambuye ndi amene chiyembekezo chawo chili mwa Ambuye. Iwo ndi amtengo wapatali m'maso mwa Ambuye ndipo amadzazidwa ndi ubwino m'dziko lino lamdima ndi lozizira.
Abwenzi a Ambuye wa mtendere
Ambuye wa mtendere amapereka mtendere Wake kwa anzake. Anzake ndi amene amamukonda ndi kusunga malamulo Ake, amene amachita chilichonse chimene Iye akuwauza kuti achite. (Yohane 14:21; Yohane 15:14.)
Simungathe kulekanitsa mtendere ndi chilungamo, ndi kusunga malamulo Ake. N'chifukwa chake zalembedwa kuti: "Mukanakhala kuti munamvera malamulo anga! Mtendere wanu ukanakhala ngati mtsinje [umene sumauma]. Chilungamo chanu chikakhala ngati mafunde panyanja." Yesaya 48:18 (GW). "Mtendere waukulu ali ndi iwo amene amakonda chilamulo Chanu ..." —Salimo 119:165. "Mudzasunga mu mtendere wangwiro onse okhulupirira inu, onse amene maganizo awo akhazikika pa inu!" Yesaya 26:3 (NLT). Kuli kotetezeka ndi kwabwino chotani nanga kukhala ndi malingaliro athu pa Kristu. Pamenepo tidzakhala ndi mtendere nthaŵi zonse.
Yesu anati sitiyenera kuda nkhawa ndi zinthu. (Luka 12:29.) "Kodi aliyense wa inu angakhale ndi moyo wautali pang'ono mwa kuda nkhawa nazo? Ngati simungathe kusamalira ngakhale chinthu chaching'ono chonchi, n'chifukwa chiyani mukuda nkhawa ndi zinthu zina?" Luka 12:25-26 (GNT). Sitingathandize aliyense mwa kuda nkhawa komanso kukhala pachipolowe. Koma ngati tili ndi chikhulupiriro chamoyo, moyo umakhala wolemera ndi wosangalatsa, ndipo tidzakhala ndi chimwemwe chachikulu ndi mtendere.
Payenera kukhala mtendere pa malo olamulira ngati nkhondo idzapambana. Umu ndi mmene tiyenera kuufunikira kukhala nawo m'mitima yathu kuti tithe kugonjetsa. Choncho, timawerenga kuti, "Koposa zonse, tetezani mtima wanu, pakuti zonse zimene mumachita zimachokera ku izo." Miyambo 4:23 (NIV).
Ngati tikufuna kukhala ndi mtendere nthaŵi zonse, ndiye kuti tiyenera kusiya chifuniro chathu ndi kungofuna kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu. N'zosatheka kukhala ndi mtendere malinga ngati tili ndi zofuna pa ena ndipo tikufuna kuti anthu azititamanda ndi kutilemekeza. Tiyenera kudzipereka kotheratu kwa Mulungu wa mtendere. Cholinga chathu chokha chiyenera kukhala kutumikira Kristu. Kenaka kuyeretsedwa kungayambe mwa ife.
Kuyeretsedwa ndi pamene mkhalidwe wathu wauchimo ukusinthidwa kukhala chikhalidwe chaumulungu, mwa kunena nthaŵi zonse kuti Ayi pamene tiyesedwa ku uchimo, mwa kugonja konse ku uchimo. Ndiye chikhalidwe chathu chochimwa chimalowedwa m'malo pang'ono ndi zochepa ndi zipatso za Mzimu - ndi chikhalidwe chaumulungu (Aroma 12:2, 2 Petro 1:4).
Mtendere ndi kuyeretsedwa
Mtendere ndi kuyeretsedwa zimagwirizana. Ngati tikufuna kukhala ndi mtendere popanda kuyeretsedwa, popanda kuchotsa uchimo, tidzapeza mtendere "wakufa," ndipo tidzatha pakati pa anthu amene afa mwauzimu. "Munthu amene amachoka m'njira ya kumvetsetsa amathera ndi amene afa." Miyambo 21:16 (NIRV). Apa ndi pamene anthu ambiri ali masiku ano. Alaliki ambiri amauza okhulupirira kuti ali "pansi pa magazi", kumene angakhale bwinobwino m'mitundu yonse ya machimo. Aneneri ambiri m'pangano lakale analankhula mabodza ndipo ndi mmenenso zilili m'nthaŵi ya pangano latsopano.
"Muziyesetsa kukhala mwamtendere ndi aliyense komanso kukhala oyera; popanda chiyero palibe amene adzaona Ambuye..." Ahebri 12:14 (NIV). "Chitani zonse zotheka kumbali yanu kuti mukhale mwamtendere ndi aliyense." Ngati sitimasulidwa bwino ku dziko ndi zinthu za m'dzikoli, nthawi zonse padzakhala zipolowe zotizungulira—ngakhale za zinthu zazing'ono.
Ŵerengani Aroma 14 ndi kuona mmene Paulo anawauzira kusunga mtendere ndi abale awo amene angakhale ofooka m'chikhulupiriro kapena kuganiza mosiyana ndi zinthu zina. Pa Aroma 14:19 (NIRV) iye analemba kuti, "Choncho tiyeni tichite zonse zimene tingathe kuti tikhale mwamtendere. Ndipo tiyeni tigwire ntchito mwakhama kuti timange wina ndi mnzake."
Ufumu wa Kalonga wa Mtendere
Yesu amatchedwa Kalonga wa Mtendere. Zaka chikwi zidzakhala ufumu wa chilungamo ndi mtendere, umene Iye adzakhazikitsa pamodzi ndi onse amene alandira ufumu uwu m'mitima yawo tsopano. "Yang'anani anthu oona mtima ndi abwino, kuti mukhale ndi tsogolo labwino kwambiri akuyembekezera anthu amene amakonda mtendere." —Salimo 37:37 (NLT).